Pictures of Cedaredge

What great trip. We had an amazing party and cook out last night. I also wanted to thank everyone foe following our blog. If any of you are ever interested in a family vacation just let us know or visit www.crrtours.com.

Some more great pictures by Marci Hodges below:










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Costa Rica Zipline

Take a look at the video from Cedaredge on a Costa Rican zipline:

Calypso Dancing Costa Rica

It is ya fun when a group comes back for a second year we are always trying to do different things and most important is being able to entertain them in the village of Sitio de Mata.


The village always puts on a performance for the visitors and this time they did an Eco-dance that talked about picking up trash where they had candy and other pieces of trash on their shirts and also a dance that they have never performed for any other group and


that was the Calypso dance. Because this group was going to be going to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica they wanted to show some of the culture from that area which was a presentation of Calypso.

The best part is that it was four little kids and they were all around the age of four years old.


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Trip Chaperones

This has been an amazing trip with amazing kids and amazing chaperones. I have to say Señora Hodges has been a favorite of many as she is just the perfect person for these international trips. I have had student trips from all over and have had all types of chaperones. With the group Vicki is traveling with we have decided to label them as the dream team.


Leroy and Linda serve as an amazing example to the kids of how to live life to the fullest and stay young as they are participating in all of the adventures. We also have Loyal and Marci Hodges which knowledge of medicine and first aid of Loyal's background as an EMT and also Marci's experience of being a nurse. I think it should also be noted that Marci and Loyal are the ones taking all the videos and pictures you havebeen watching. They are all the perfect fit and are working very hard deserve a huge thanks from us here at Costa Rican Resource and also everyone back home.


None of them would probably want me to make this post on the blog but I felt it was necessary. I have heard about Cedaredge the last two years and it seems like the small town atmosphere I would like and it shows in the great kids and people that come from there.


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Costa Rica Pictures & Video

It was a beautiful morning in what is usually a rainy Caribbean Side of


Costa Rica. We had breakfast at around 7:30am and then most of the kids headed to the beach to rent some surf boards while others just relaxed in the sand and water.

After spending the morning at the beach we then headed to the Arenal volcano where we are now enjoying dinner. It was a long drive but the kids did well.


They will be going to the pool and then heading to bed to get some rest for the zip line adventure we have planned for 9am tomorrow.


Another perfect day in paradise!

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Camping Trip on Pacuare River

We got into the river yesterday and made a day of rafting. Although we rafted a short section we made our way down slowly playing in some of the pools and evening jumping off a small rock. It was a great day and everyone loved it. The overnight rafting trip on Pacuare is really a perfect trip because you get the chance to experience not only one of the top 5 scenic rivers on the planet rated by National Geographic but also just relax in the surroundings of the rainforest.

One of my favorite parts about yesterday was getting the kids together for a very quick talk about how the trip has been going. I always asked about the homestays which usually end up being the best part about the trip. We always get a reaction from the kids that the families live simple but seem very happy.

We ended up staying up till around 11pm at the campsite playing games and just enjoying being by the river. It rained during the night and the kids got the full experience of sleeping in the rainforest has it was a pretty heavy rain. This rain allowed the river to fill a little bit and make todays run a with the perfect water level which is very unique this time of year. We are in the dry season of Costa Rica which is from mid-December to mid-April.

Right now the kids are eating and then we are going to make the two hour bus drive to the beach. Stay tuned more to come.

Rural Tourism Costa Rica at it's Best

We have been here less than 48 hours and the kids as usual have loved every minute of it. We had a party last night that was one of the best we have ever had in the village with music, local dance performaces, plenty of food, and even a presentation of a "Key-to-the-Village" which was presented to Vicki Hodges.

We also had a soccer game yesterday that worked out perfect because we had a nice muddy field from the rain in the morning. We were sliding everywhere. The team we played against had soccer shoes and TEAM USA did not so you can imagine how much were were sliding all over the place.

This morning it is raining a bit but it looks like it will clear. The rain helps with getting a good nigh sleep with the tin roofs they have on the homes here so I think everyone is well rested.

Planting Trees & Rappel Costa Rica

Here we go. I am moving over to this blogging service because the Edublog was a new service we are trying to work with but there is some complication as they set up our account. Instead of getting involved with trying to fix all of that we are going to go with Blogger.com for this trip as we have with many others.

Here is the deal. The Cedaredge group is FANTASTICO!!! We are enjoying everyone and from the looks I think they are having a good time also. We did the rappel, arrived to the homestays, planted some trees and made friendships with many locals from the village that I know will last for quite some time. The weather has been great. It actually started raining when we left the area where we were planting trees.

We are trying to make this trip as educational as possible for the kids with our focus being Spanish, caring for the environment, and finding happiness in the small things in life. Being here in the village has allowed us to touch on all of these areas of the trip making it what we think as a company the most important 2 days the kids will have.

Before we planted the trees we talked to the kids about the area of the tropics and how Costa Rica has 25% of it's land protected. We are just getting started and we will keep you posted. Don't forget the 200ft Costa Rica waterfall rappel video below.